Resource Mobilization Partnership Manager (Asia-Pacific)

Overview

The Partnership Manager leads, develops, and maintains institutional engagement strategies for assigned multilateral, bilateral, and public-sector institutions, focusing on resource mobilization in and for the Asia-Pacific region.

Key Responsibilities

• Defines and executes partnership strategies to secure multi-year, steerable, and predictable funding.
• Leads the full partnership cycle, including negotiations, drafting, compliance oversight, and closure of financing agreements.
• Identifies, shapes, and advances funding and financing opportunities jointly with ICRC delegations and technical experts.
• Acts as institutional focal point for assigned portfolios.
• Ensures commitments remain aligned with ICRC policies and humanitarian principles.
• Leads financial intelligence, income forecasting, and portfolio analysis.
• Maintains relevant donor intelligence, account plans, and briefing materials.
• Strengthens ICRC’s positioning with development actors, IFI stakeholders, and public-sector partners.
• Broadens the ICRC’s influence and access by fostering senior-level and working-level networks.
• Represents the ICRC at key partner meetings, consultations, and technical forums.
• Prepares, participates in, and follows up on strategic dialogues, capital-level engagement, consultations, and technical exchanges.
• Contributes to MBI Unit knowledge development, tools, processes, and best practices.
• Supports collaboration across REM, HQ, delegations, and relevant regional teams.
• Advises ICRC colleagues on Development actors and IFIs modalities.
• Contributes to institution-wide initiatives to advance resource mobilization for Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) contexts, multi-year partnerships, and overall engagement with MBIs.

Required Experience

Over 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in resource mobilization, partnership management, international development, humanitarian action, or related fields, preferably within complex, large-scale or matrixed organizations. Strong experience in government relations, donor engagement or public-sector fundraising in the Asia-Pacific region (especially with the Republic of Korea and Japan), including the ability to understand donor priorities, official development assistance trends and institutional decision-making processes. Proven track record of successfully delivering financial income through complex institutional partnerships, including designing and executing funding strategies, negotiating agreements, and stewarding institutional relationships. Demonstrated experience engaging and working with Development actors and International Financial Institutions (IFIs), with strong understanding of their mandates, financing instruments, organizational cultures, and operating modalities. Experience developing analysis of humanitarian and development-related trends and policies, and applying such insights to shape strategic engagement or partnership approaches. Experience working with or alongside the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including the ICRC, or with other major humanitarian or development organizations (an asset).

Qualifications

Master’s degree in international relations, development, business administration/ a relevant field, or equivalent experience

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